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I only have one question to people arguing that "Linus should do this, Linus should do that": can you show me one person that does "this and that" in a comparab

• bencooke 8y ago
  There are many successful open source projects that are well-known and well-used. Your question seems to assume that a prerequisite for a successful project is there being some sort of overlord that runs it. That's not the only project management style. Many open source projects are instead run by collections of people who are capable of acting professionally to one another and to contributors. We don't hear about those individuals because they are happy to share credit for the project with all of the participants. If "success" is measured on a personal level, then sure: bullies are often successful by marginalizing others for their own benefit. Linux is an example of a successful project run by a bully. Here are some projects you may have heard of that have different management styles but are still, by my measure, successful _as projects_ in spite of that success not being attributed entirely to one figurehead individual: - Python - NodeJS - Mozilla Firefox - Apache HTTPD - nginx - Busybox - Debian